Tubular lantern.



A. L. EDWARDS.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED IEBJB, 1913;

1,076,356, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR coLuMBL} PLANoqRAPH COHWASNINGTON, n. c.

A. L. EDWARDS.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.18, 1913.

1,076,356. Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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f f 15 n. 15. otmlh .II 14 a 2'2 m J2 WITNESSES 2 J6 5 mvu'ron ALONZO13. EDWARDS, 0F WH'EEL'ING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR.TO' WHEELING:STAMPING: COIM'PAENFSZ; OE? WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPQRATION 0EWESTYVIRGINIA.

TUBULAR. LANTERN;

Specification of Letters Bate-zit.

Patented'Qct. 21,1913;

Application filedFebruary '18, 1913; Seriailifo. 749398;

ToaZZ whom itmay concern Be it known that I, ALoNzo I). Enwnnnsacitizen, of the UnitedStates, residing at Wheeling, in thecountyv ofOhio il-Illl' State of West Virginia-,lmve invented. anew and usefulImprovement in. Thbular ljanterns,

of which. the following is aii'nll, clear, and" exact descrlption,reference being had. to

tern embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa.

sectiononthe-line- H:II. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view, the globeholder and. globe being shown in tilted position. in: dotted lines. Fig.4 is a detailisectiona-l view 01 the upper chimney section, and Fig. 5is a detail sectional view showing the joint"between the canopy andthedowenchimney section.

My invention has relation to tubular lanterns and is designed to providemeans of simple and convenient character whereby a section of thechimney and its canopy can be raised vertically away from the glassglobe to permit the latter to be swung or tilted backwardly on itshinged connection with the burner.

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which I have shown the preferred embodimentthereof, and which will now be described, it being premised, however,that various changes can be made in the details of construction andarrangement of the parts, without departing from the spirit and scope ofmy invention, as defined in the appended claims.

In these drawings the numeral 2 designates the oil receptacle containingbase of the lantern, 3 the burner, 4c the tubes, 5 the glass globe, and6 is the globe holder which is hinged to the burner at 7.

8 is the cold blast head. These parts may be of any ordinary or usualconstruction and do not in themselves form any part of my presentinvention.

9 designates an upper fixed chimney section which is secured within thecold blast head 8 and which has an outwardly turned flange 10 at itslower end, which forms the bottom of the cold air chamber said flangehaving a plurality ofperforations 11 there- 'in to admit air intosaid'chamber.

12 designates a lower chimney section which is arranged to slidetelescopically iwithin theupper section 9and which, at-its lower end,has a rotatable-engagement with the canopy 1.3. This, rotatableengagement anay be eifctedi in any suitable manner.

\ in Fig, 5 I'have shown the chimney sec- "tion 12' as having, anoutwardly turned flange or a head; 14 which, rotatably engages the underside of the upper horizontal flange io-of'thecan'opy. The chimneysection 12"is also shown as having another bead lfi whichl prevents thecanopy from sliding upwardly on the chimney section 12.

The chimney section 12.1nay be raised and lowered by any suitableengagement with the-upper chimney section 9, of such a charact'er thatwhen the section- 12'is rota-ted it willb e caused to move vertically.Tn the drawing, 1 have shown the section 12 as having a diametricallyextending rod or bar 17 whose end portions 18 project through obliquecam grooves 19 in the upper chi1nney section 9.

20 is an operating finger piece which is secured to the chimney section12 and which is normally held in the catch projection 21 on one of thetubes, shown in Fig. 1.

lVhen it is desired to raise the chimney section 12 and the canopy 18away from the globe to permit the latter to be tilted backwardly, asshown in Fig. 8, as in lighting or removing the globe for cleaning, thefingerpiece is raised slightly out of the catch projection 21 and movedthrough an arc of somewhat less than 160, to the position shown in Fig.3. This movement raises the chimney section 12 and canopy 13 to theposition also shown in Fig. 3. The canopy section does not rotate, butis guided in its vertical movement by the guiding arms or fingers 22, atopposite sides thereof, which engage the guiding ribs 23 on the innersides of the tubes 1.

My invention provides an extremely simple and convenient construction bymeans of which the lower part of the chimney and the canopy can readilybe raised and lowered away from and toward the upper end of the globe.The construction avoids the necessity for raising the globe and globeholder together with the lever mechanism usually employed for thatpurpose.

What I claim is:

1. A tubular lantern, having a globe holder, a glass globe mountedthereon, a lower chimney section having a seat for the upper edge of theglobe and movable vertically toward and away from the globe, an upperfixed chimney section with which the lower chimney section istelescopically engaged and which forms an upward'extension of the lowersection means for rotating the lower chimney section independently ofthe globe and upper chimney section, and means whereby such rotationeffects a vertical movement of said lower section away from the globe;substantially as described.

2. A tubular lantern having a chimney formed in telescopically engagingsections, said sections also having engaging means whereby. a rotarymovement of the lower section also effects a vertical movement thereoftoward and away from the globe of the lantern, and means for effectingsuch rotary movement, the lower section having a. canopy memberrotatably attached thereto and formed with a seat for the upper edge ofthe globe; substantially as described.

3. A tubular lantern, having a globe holder hingedly mounted thereon, aglass globe supported on said holder, a lower chimney section having aseat for the upper edge of the globe and movable vertically toward andaway from the globe, an upper fixed chimney section with which the lowerchimney section is telescopically engaged, means for rotating the lowerchimney section independently of the globe and upper chimney section,and means whereby such rotation effects a vertical movement of said myhand.

ALONZO L. EDWARDS. Witnesses:

CHAS. AMIEN, M. B. BAILEY,

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